One year my aunt and uncle gave me a play office set for my birthday, sort of like those faux-kitchen sets many children have, except instead of plastic hamburgers and sunny side up eggs, there were play pencil organizers and a really important pad for taking notes. It was easily my favorite present that year. One can only imagine the response to the annual pre-birthday inquiry that yielded the gift; "So what's Annie into these ...

2013 was such a grand old year, I'm almost sad to see it go. And yet, as always, there is the spectacular magic of the clean slate to look forward to. There are all the things we might accomplish, the trips we might take, the relationships we might forge, the love we might give and receive. That is why we make such a fuss over new year's dawn--not merely because we want an excuse to wear ...

For our final look back at 2013, here are your top five time management and organization strategy posts. Get into this stuff: 1. 5 Tips For Painless Lunch Packing 2. 6 Things To Do First When Moving House 3. The Secret To Why You’re Always Late And How To Be On Time 4. Organizing Strategy To Live By: Don’t Delay, Put It Away 5. 4 Tips For Becoming A Person Who Does What They Say They Will

The votes (there was no voting, only clicking) are in, and these are the five organizing product posts you elected Top. 1. Glass Display Boxes 2. The Best Hooks For Organizing 3. Chic Toy Storage 4. Packed Lunch Essential Products 5. Why Bamboo Sheets Are Better

Today I give you: your favorite decluttering posts from this past year. Also, a hearty "I concur." 1. The Problem With Personalized Presents & Why You Should Stop Giving Them 2. Overcome The Regret Of Decluttering 3. How Relying On Visual Reminders Leads to Clutter & How To Remedy It 4. A De-Cluttering Story of My Own 5. Decluttering In The Closet: Commemorative T-Shirts